so, ive been talking to my dad on and off about going 1/2 and 1/2 on a new car (for me to work on and for him to drive on the weekends haha). today he gave me the green light to start looking for cars.

now im thinking of looking for a used lotus elise or S2000 but im not sure. anyone have suggestions?

 

Make a monster out of an old Beetle. See if you can fit a Porsche Flat-4 in it. That oughta make it go like no other =D

Good luck trying to find a decently priced used Elise or S2k.

 

Get an Exige homie!!!

 

id love an exige but i havent found one under 45 grand!! my price range is about 30k just because i dont want to be more than 15grand in debt.

 

beetles....ewww!

ive seen one cool slammed and chopped beetle but still, its a beetle. and an old car is a little more work than i want to put into it.

 

hmm... $30k you say? dude, you can get a used Sti with decently low mile for that much.

or do you mean $30k including building the motor/mods etc. ?

 

hahaha nooo way 30k with mods! my dad will be paying for half of all the mods too so i will most likely go crazy with whatever car we choose. an sti would be nice for me but you gotta remember my dad is 55 years old and already has an 06 corvette so an sti would be kinda lame to him. a small rwd mid engine car would be a nice change for both of us. ive found a few 06 elises for about 32k but nothing that has really caught my eye.

 

my buddy has the lotus exige symbolic edition.

carbon diffusers and the whole nine yards.


i got to drive it, that thing is so uncomfortable. but that thing HANDLES LIKE a go kart! bad ass...


i dont know, i would say s2k with a supra swap. use s2k( 14k) send it over to florida and back (2 k)

have those guys in florida do the swap( 15k)

you got yourself a 32k twin turbo inline 6 s2k thatll pull like crazy haha

 

or you can just get the vortech supercharger and some mugen header for the car and call it a day.

 

hahahaha yea, thats the one thing. there is barely any aftermarket support for the lotus. but a twin turbo elise would be badass too. also the lotus holds its value wayyyyyy better than the S2000.

 

1) get a new or used 8th gen Si
2) Comptech SC or AJRacing TC
3) ????
4) PROFIT!

 

BMW 135i FTMFW son!

Tyler

 

Mid-engine RWD you say? Get an SW-20 MR2 turbo. It's basically a poor mans Ellise; has potential if done right.

 

elise or exige with a K20! theres a guy on youtube running nurburgring with one.... INSANE!

 

If its a track car you want, go Lotus. If you want something with a little more day to day driving, get the S2K.

 

THAT is a brilliant idea. i think a twin turbo k20 powered elise is the route i am going to go. thanks for all the input guys

 

WHAT....

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booo!!! i would rather drive a supra powered s2000. SUPER SLEEPER!

 

Ehhh Honda engine in a Lotus......:-/
They come with a toyota celica GTS engine dont they?

Tyler

 

Theres alot of elise/exige owners who swap out for a K20. Met a guy a few years back who was the first to do the swap. Said he had Type R motor #14. Anyways he had one NA and one supercharged. Things were monsters.

 

The first Elise's imported legally as street cars to the country removed the rover motor and stuck in a B18 from the type R integra, So a K20 isn't totally off the rocker. It had Honda powah before Toyota.